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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 407b. Applicability of Federal Power Act

Statutory text

The provisions of the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.] shall not apply to or extend over the land by section 407 of this title or hereafter reserved and dedicated as the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 71–272 § 3 · 46 Stat. 279

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 407b

    (May 14, 1930, ch. 272, § 3, 46 Stat. 279.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (May 14, 1930, ch. 272, § 3, 46 Stat. 279.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. That the provisions of the Act of June 10, 1920, known Water Power Act not applicable. Vol. 41, p. 1063. as the Federal Water Power Act, shall not apply to or extend over the land hereby or hereafter reserved and dedicated as the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original the “Act of , known as the Federal Water Power Act,” and was redesignated as the Federal Power Act by section 791a of this title. The Federal Power Act is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, and is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791aet seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of this title and Tables.

Credits

(May 14, 1930, ch. 272, § 3, 46 Stat. 279.)

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